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ACT XX OF 2020 ACT XX OF 2020 ANTI-TERRORISM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020 An Act further to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 [Gazette of Pakistan Extraordinary, Part I, 30th July, 2020] No. F. 22(8)/2020-Legis, dated 30.7.2020.---The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on the 30th July, 2020, is hereby published for general information:- WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Anti-terrorism Act, 1997 (XXVII of 1997) for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as under:- 3. Amendment of section 11O, Act XXVII of 1997.---In the Act, in section 11O,- (a) for subsection (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(2) Any natural person not connected with a legal person or body corporate, who violates any provision of subsection (1) shall be liable, on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with fine not exceeding twenty-five million rupees or with both."; (b) in subsection (3), for the expression "to penalty of fine not exceeding ten million rupees and every director, officer or employee of such person found guilty of the violation shall be punished in terms thereof", the expression "on conviction to fine not exceeding fifty million rupees and every director, officer or employees of such person found guilty of the violation shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with fine not exceeding twenty five million rupees or with both" shall be substituted; and (c) after subsection (3), the following new subsection shall be inserted, namely:- "(3A) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (2), if any public servant is found negligent in complying with the provision of subsection (1) such public servant shall be proceeded against under respective service rules for administrative action.".